Event Schedule

2014-2015 Event Schedule Tickets to the concerts can be purchased online or on the day of the concert at the venue box office. All seating is general admission. Refer to the ticket policy for more information. Admission is $20 adult, $10 senior (65+), $10 student (including college), free for music teachers, free for ages 5 and under, and free for AYPO musicians and their siblings.
Upcoming Events

	Romantic MasterWorks Sunday • January 25, 2015 • 3 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Northern Virginia Community College 4915 East Campus Lane Alexandria, Virginia American Youth Philharmonic Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor Guest Artist: Alexander Kerr, Violin Barber: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6

	Suite Serenades Sunday • March 1, 2015 • 3 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Northern Virginia Community College 4915 East Campus Lane Alexandria, Virginia American Youth Concert Orchestra Glenn Quader, Conductor Grainger/Perna: Molly on the Shore Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite Mendelssohn/Leidig: Symphony No. 5, 4th Movement American Youth Symphonic Orchestra Carl J. Bianchi, Conductor Rossini: "The Barber of Seville" Overture Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

	Music of the British Isles Sunday • March 8, 2015 • 3 p.m. Ernst Community Cultural Center 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA American Youth Debut Orchestra Laura Cahn, Conductor Balmages: Hey Fiddle Fiddle! Frost: Be Thou My Vision Newbold: Irish Faire Holst/Longfield: I Vow to Thee, My Country (Jupiter from The Planets) Moore: Irish Party in Third Class American Youth String Ensemble Laura Cahn, Conductor Elgar/Frost: Pomp and Circumstance No. 4 Elgar/Stroud: Morning Song Holst: St. Paul's Suite

	Music in Motion Sunday • April 19, 2015 • 3 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Northern Virginia Community College 4915 East Campus Lane Alexandria, Virginia American Youth Philharmonic Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor Guest Artist: Yumi Kendall, Cello Elgar: Cello Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

	Mythology in Music Sunday • May 17, 2015 • 3 p.m. Ernst Community Cultural Center 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA American Youth Debut Orchestra Laura Cahn, Conductor Spata: Avatar Gluck/Longfield: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Offenbach/Dackow: Orpheus in the Underworld (Finale) Newbold: Mythos American Youth String Ensemble Laura Cahn, Conductor Gluck/Hoffman: Overture to "Orfeo" Spata: Hero's Welcome Newbold: Orion and the Scorpion Meyer: Minotaur

	Stories of Courage Sunday • May 31, 2015 • 3 p.m. Center for the Arts George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia American Youth Concert Orchestra Glenn Quader, Conductor Bloch: Concerto Grosso, Movements 1 & 4 Khachaturian: Adagio from "Spartacus" Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1, Op. 46 American Youth Symphonic Orchestra Carl J. Bianchi, Conductor Holst: Mars from "The Planets" Jager: The War Prayer* Holst: Jupiter from "The Planets" Wagner: "Lohengrin", Introduction to Act III *Denotes a new arrangement commissioned by AYPO in celebration of its 50th Anniversary Ticket information will be made available shortly. Check the website for updates.

	Young Virtuosi Sunday • June 7, 2015 • 3 p.m. Center for the Arts George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax, Virginia American Youth Philharmonic Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor Join us to hear the two winners of AYPO's concerto competition perform with the orchestra. Mahler's magnificent Symphony No. 1, "Titan", provides the triumphant conclusion the anniversary season. AYPO is please to present a prelude concert at 2:15 performed jointly by Brass of Peace, Sylvia Alimena Music Director and Bravo Brass, the brass ensemble of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Paul Bryan, Director and Conductor Ticket information will be made available shortly. Check the website for updates.

Past Events

	An Afternoon at the Opera Sunday • November 2, 2014 • 3 p.m. Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center Northern Virginia Community College 4915 East Campus Lane Alexandria, Virginia American Youth Philharmonic Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor Verdi: Overture to "La forza del destino" Verdi: Brindisi from "La traviata" Brahms: Tragic Overture Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"

	Symphonic Sampler Sunday • December 7, 2014 • 6 p.m. Fairfax High School 3501 Rebel Run Fairfax, Virginia American Youth Concert Orchestra Glenn Quader, Conductor Bizet: Farandole Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves Dvorak: Slavonic Dance no. 8 Schubert: Symphony no. 8, 1st movement American Youth Symphonic Orchestra Carl J. Bianchi, Conductor Shostakovich: Festive Overture Hovhaness: Symphony no. 2, "Mysterious Mountain" Turina: La procesion del rocio Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav

	Winter Wonderland Sunday • December 14, 2014 • 3 p.m. THEARC Theater 1901 Mississippi Ave, SE Washington, DC Laura Cahn, Conductor Styne/Caponegro: Let it Snow! Cohen/Longfield: Hallelujah Newbold: Le froid d'hiver Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow: Dance of the Tumblers from "The Snow Maiden" American Youth String Ensemble Laura Cahn, Conductor Vivaldi/Frost: Themes from Concerto in A Minor Holst/Leavitt: In the Bleak Midwinter Williams/Moore: Somewhere in My Memory from "Home Alone" Herbert/Lipton: March of the Toys Tchaikovsky/Dackow: Mother Ginger from "The Nutcracker" **Tickets will be available online up through Friday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. ANy purchases after that must be made at the concert via cash or check.